Former Eastern Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Belarus (1940-1942)
The Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Belarus (or Belarus of the Ukrainians) was a short-lived (1940–42) Apostolic Exarchate (Eastern Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of the particular Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church sui iuris (Byzantine Rite in Ukrainian language) in the Soviet Belarus SSR.
History
- Established 1940 as Apostolic Exarchate of Belarus, without direct Eastern Catholic precursor
suppressed in 1942, having had a single incumbent (Ukrainian Rite) :
- Father Antoni Niemancewicz (1940 – 1942), no other prelature.
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- Churches:
- Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Budslau
- St. Mary's Church, Grodno
- Church of Saint John the Baptist, Kamai
- Church of Holy Trinity, Minsk
- Church of Saints Simon and Helena, Minsk
- St. Nicholas' Church, Mir
- Transfiguration Church, Navahrudak
- Corpus Christi Church, Nesvizh
- Church of the Assumption, Pruzhany
- Church of the Holy Trinity, Hyervyaty
- Church of Mother of God of the Rosary, Soly
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Belarusian Byzantine | |
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